Lab Manager

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The Zeltner Lab ( https://zeltnerlab.uga.edu) at the University of Georgia's Center for Molecular Medicine ( CMM) is seeking a creative, motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic Lab technician/Lab manager to support the overall operations of the lab supported by NIH/ NINDS/ NICHD. The Zeltner lab focuses on employing human pluripotent stem cells to model diseases of the peripheral nervous system and the adrenal gland. There are several multidisciplinary projects in stem cell biology, neuroscience, adrenal gland biology and human disease modeling run by seven PhD students/postdocs that need support. The successful candidate will directly be assisting the PI as well as each of the lab members in running the lab in multiple aspects.There are various career development opportunities available to the candidate, including a potential biotech start-up co-appointment.

The University of Georgia offers a highly collaborative, top-notch training and research environment in biomedical sciences. The Center for Molecular Medicine is striving to become a leader in biomedical research, with a goal to understand the molecular and cellular basis of human disease and use this information for the development of new therapies, cures and diagnostics. This position is NIH funded, and competitive salary and benefits are available and will be commensurate with experience, plus benefits.

Normal lab activity.

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Keep inventory of supplies and refill as necessary and make aliquots.

Conduct support experiments maintaining multiple lines of human pluripotent stem cells, coat tissue culture plates, make buffers/medias.

Train new students in specific techniques onboarding, train on qRT- PCR, train on immunofluorescence.

Manage the labs finances, grant writing support, collaboration coordination). There are various career development opportunities available to the candidate, including a potential biotech start-up co-appointment.